Minter says Players were rewarded for Game changing plays..

[micnificent28]

I do believe some players contracts, they have incentive clauses. But I don't think it is for game to game performance, total stats at end of year, like get X amount of rushing yards, or X amount of sacks and get x amount of money extra. But I don't believe it is game by game incentives.

This is from the article...Minter said he was among the Panthers' players who would chip in to the bonus pool for big plays.

"We'd all pony up," he said. "We might be like, 'OK, the first guy to tackle a guy inside the 20, we're going to put $1,000 on it.' That was more of an incentive program that we had. The bounty thing kind of caught me off-guard, that that was going on."

So it was paid by players to other players out of pocket.

[panthers55]

So the question remains that if you collected 3000 dollars over the season for these incentives and didn't report them as income, would that qualify as income tax evasion? Don't think I would be telling that in public.

[Snake]

I remember awhile back we had the black boxing gloves for best hit of the game. NFL stepped in and told us to stop and we did.

[tiger7_88]

I can't link to the article on charlotte observer i'm mobile,so if someone could that would be great. Basically, he states players were rewarded(paid) for making game changing plays.

Not sure how the league would view this. Could we be fined? I'm not sure...discuss

Did you read that article and actually think that it was the same thing or even close to the same thing as the Saints have been proven doing? :confused5:

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Is anyone else a little tired of "I can't link to the article I'm mobile"?

[Wyank]

Black Boxing Glove Incident:

NFL says to Panthers, "Quit that poo"

Panthers, "Yes sir."

Saints Bounty Program:

NFL says to Saints, "Quit that poo"

Saints, "Yeah sure" "fug you" as the NFL walks away.

NFL then says, "No, fug you."

[Wyank]

Link

[tiger7_88]

So the question remains that if you collected 3000 dollars over the season for these incentives and didn't report them as income, would that qualify as income tax evasion? Don't think I would be telling that in public.

If it was between players (as it sounds like it was) and not from their employer, then as long as it was under the non-taxable "gift" threshold (don't know what that is anymore... used to be $10,000, I think), then likely not.

[micnificent28]

Is anyone else a little tired of "I can't link to the article I'm mobile"?

Sorry we can't all sit on our ass like you sir. But someone linked to the article already... So why B$tch about something so small? U don't want to talk about the article then don't. Plz don't derail my thread sir.

[Dpantherman]

All teams do that. All teams do not have organized head hunting bounties.

[micnificent28]

Did you read that article and actually think that it was the same thing or even close to the same thing as the Saints have been proven doing? :confused5:

No. It not hurting people on perpose but, It is cash being paid to other players by players for "game changing" plays. Some of you seem to think it's in the players contracts,this is not the same thing. Not a Steak dinner. A change of cash from players to players outside of there contract to make big plays. I can't imagine the NFL allowing us to continue doing this.

[bleys]

if the rewards system was set up by coaches, and they have documents to prove it, then yes. the Panthers could get in trouble for it.

the thing that makes the Saints situation so sketch isn't the bounty thing, all teams have stuff like that set up. you can deny it all you want but all the players coming out saying it happens just proves it, maybe not injury bounties which is f**king dirty, but interceptions/fumbles/etc, yep. it's such a big deal because it was set up by a coach and they have tens of thousands of documents to prove it.

NFL isn't cracking down on rewarding players for INTs, fumbles, game changing plays.. they are cracking down on rewarding players for injuring another player..

monumental difference..

[CRA]

I can't link to the article on charlotte observer i'm mobile,so if someone could that would be great. Basically, he states players were rewarded(paid) for making game changing plays.

Not sure how the league would view this. Could we be fined? I'm not sure...discuss

a secondary pooling money and paying guys out for INTs isn't a bounty.

[Neylus]

Sorry we can't all sit on our ass like you sir. But someone linked to the article already... So why B$tch about something so small? U don't want to talk about the article then don't. Plz don't derail my thread sir.

As everything of significance from the observer ends up posted on this forum when you post stories like you have been doing it smacks of "hey look at me, I rushed to post this story before anyone else could" and yeah its lame...